[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 142 (Saturday, October 10, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2047-E2048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR OF GEORGIA AND DIMITRIOS KALOIDIS

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 9, 1998

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Georgia Dimitrios Kaloidis. Mr. and Mrs. Kaloidis will be honored by 
Hellenic Public Radio-COSMOS FM at the Phidippides Award Dinner for 
their passionate advocacy of Hellenism on Friday, October 9.
  Dimitrios Elias Kaloidis and Georgia Christou Kaloidis (nee 
Manolakos) were born in Laconia, Greece. They graduated from high 
school in Athens. Dimitrios emigrated to the United States in 1955, 
followed by Georgia in 1963. Once in the U.S. Dimitrios became involved 
in the restaurant business and Georgia studied computers and business 
administration. They married in 1974.
  Together they founded a chain of restaurants and initiated major real 
estate ventures. Currently, the Kaloidises are developing the Terrace 
on the Park in Flushing Meadow, Queens, and one of the largest 
multiplex cinemas in the country.
  Georgia and Dimitrios Kaloidis' charitable endeavors are wide and 
varied. Most notably, the Kaloidises have made a strong investment in 
our youth, most specifically in their education through multimillion 
dollar gifts to primary schools, cultural and educational centers and 
scholarship trusts.
  His Eminence, Archbishop Spyridon, has charged Dimitrios to head the 
committee for the unification of the four Greek parochial schools in 
Brooklyn.
  The Hellenic Public Radio COSMOS FM Phidippides Award is presented to 
persons in recognition of their efforts in the advocacy of Hellenism.
  Recipients of this prestigious award have worked to sustain vitality 
of Hellenism.

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  Dimitrios and Georgia Kaloids, who have no children of their own, 
have more than exemplified the characteristics of the Phidippides 
Award. Their involvement in education plays a substantial role in the 
growth of future generations of the Hellenic community.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to bring to your attention the important 
charitable work Georgia and Dimitrios Kaloidis have done for the 
Hellenic community. I am proud to have such citizens in my district.

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